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Comic-Con 2012: THR's Full Guide to Parties in San Diego

From Warner Bros. Television and "Breaking Bad's" premiere to "Twilight" and the "Expendables 2," where to be and be seen at the annual convention.

Many in Hollywood trek from Hollywood to Comic-Con not for any panel in Hall H, not to see if there are any comic properties to snap up, but for the thriving party scene that has cropped up during the past decade.

From movie and television studios to video game companies and publishers, the selection never has been greater for parties to hit. But getting invites still requires some Hollywood-style wheeling and dealing.

Here's The Hollywood Reporter's full guide to parties at Comic-Con International, set to kick off Wednesday, July 11, with Preview Night.

• Lionsgate/IGN's The Expendables 2 party. Stallone won’t be there, but other castmembers from the action movie will smoke 'em if they got 'em. And we're hearing there's even a chance...a chance...that Schwarzenegger may show up. Invitation only, 7-11 p.m., Float at the Hard Rock Hotel.

• The Kings of Con. Thrown by producer Daniel Alter, hotelier Edward Kaen and Internet guru Umberto Gonzalez, this is the party that last year saw Jon Favreau serve as DJ. The trio's goal is a classy and chic intersection of Hollywood and geek. Invitation only, 10:30 p.m.-close, the Keating Hotel.

• FX/Maxim party. Invitation-only event will see producers and talent from FX series including Sons of Anarchy, Wilfred, Archer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League and Justified mix and mingle. 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Andaz Hotel rooftop.

• Warner Bros. Television cocktail party . Featuring cast and creators of series such as The Vampire Diaries, The Big Bang Theory and Revolution, the big question is whether this will top last year's much-talked-about bash, which featured nude women in body paint looking like faeries. Invitation only, 7-10 p.m., Hard Rock Hotel's Float Rooftop Bar.

• The Michael Davis World: The After Eisners Party. If the Eisners are the comic world's Oscars, this is the Governors Ball. Jamie Kennedy hosts. Begins post-Eisners, Analog Bar.

Saturday, July 14

• 20th Century Fox Television cocktail party. Invitation-only event will feature creators and talent from Glee, Sons of Anarchy, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American Dad. 7-9 p.m., Saltbox Restaurant at the Hotel Palomar.

• NBC's third annual blogger party. Invitation-only event features the cast and creators of the network's new and returning shows mingling at its digital network hub. 7:30-9:30 p.m., 207 at the Hard Rock Café.

• AMC's Breaking Bad Season 5 premiere party. The event begins with a screening of the season premiere at the Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15 at 7 p.m., with the cast and creative team then heading for an afterparty at Hotel Palomar's fourth-floor pool deck. Who will bring the meth?

• Entertainment Weekly/Ubisoft party. The perennial party is still the one to beat and signals the closing of the Con for many. Time TBD. Float at the Hard Rock Hotel.